It's a new title (was announced on steam two days ago), and even though steam isn't selling it yet, it is available through itch, and on mobile, through Play. Possibly iStore too, not sure.

Please note that I definitely wouldn't normally use one game's forum to call attention to another (is generally in bad taste), but I hope everyone forgives me on this one occasion, because I feel this is for a good, very much instructive cause.

So after you get over the aggravation of me doing this, go check it out.

Play the tutorial all the way through, and then head for the first chapter of the campaign.

I'll bet anyone who does this learns something interesting about unit AI.

Please note that I definitely wouldn't normally use one game's forum to call attention to another (is generally in bad taste), but I hope everyone forgives me on this one occasion, because I feel this is for a good, very much instructive cause.

I dont think so.

It is perhaps bad taste, if you register to the forum only to promote the other game, while having potential financial gain from doing so.... but this is not this case.

Otherwise there is nothing wrong about talking/pointing out other games with/to fellow gamers. It is not mutually exclusive to like and own Ashes and some other games too.

If Stardock did not wish you to talk about other, potentially competing games, they would not have PC gaming sub-forum.